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Like his first CompStat, Bill Bratton’s next-generation crime-tracking system arrives as a generous gift for which this city should return thanks.

For sheer impact boosting public safety, New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton may never top his own Compstat crime-tracking system, launched 22 years ago. But he’s sure as hell trying. The high-tech reboot that Bratton unveiled Tuesday, Compstat 2.0, promises future strides in crime-fighting powered by mobile devices strapped on every officer’s hip.

With depth and precision, the new Compstat puts weekly crime reports into near-full view for civilian New Yorkers. Click on the number of last week’s burglaries and note on the resulting map what’s been happening in your neighborhood.

Park a vehicle under the BQE in Williamsburg and don’t be surprised if it’s stolen, as five cars had been in the previous 28 days.

Stay alert on Roosevelt Ave. in Queens, a hot spot for robberies.

Information is power, and this extraordinary release of information, to be updated each Wednesday, should join the public and NYPD in a data-driven partnership.

May the commissioner’s redoubled openness in publicly sharing crime statistics, down to the street corner, put to rest the destructive lie that Compstat merely serves to drive harmful quotas for crime reductions and arrests.

“Bull----! Bull----!” retorted Bratton in an outof -character outburst to a reporter’s suggestion of such motives afoot.

Like his first Compstat, Bratton’s next-generation crime-tracking system arrives as a generous gift for which this city should return thanks.